Connecticut western news., 1887-03-09
THE NCRLD'S NEWSM BRIEF
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WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE OLD
 WORLD AND THE NEW.
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 About hundred inmates of & convent at Si- Louis were made i'll by poisonous canned fruit.
 A pluchy clerk in s St. Louis shoe store had fight with rohhSr that resulted in his being seriously, though not dangerously, woundel.
 At the funeral of zophar Mills. the vensr able merchant, who was once New Works great volunteer tire,nsn. nearly the whole living fon,e of the old volunteer department assem- bled.
 It was voted at meeting of the fro insur ance men of New York yesterday, 10 allow only three solicitors to each company, and that brokers should not be allowed to divide thei, commissions
 The jury m the KittSou divorce case, in New York. decided that there WAS a cermon!al marriage between the parties. bu. that yuuns httSon, on account of his inebriety. knew nothing of tho marriage, and that therefore it hss no validity.
 FxpreSS, on the Erie road, was stricken with paralysis on the engine near pepoSit and fonnd with his head leaning forward on the boiler in sn unconciouS condition by the fire man. who ran the train to Deposit, where Rose was cared fer
 The oldest resident of Wethersfisld, Conn.,, . lady loS years old, is desd.
 A bo Ter st distillery at Morgsns Sta tion, Ky, exploded, scalding seven men, four of whom will die.
 The Rev. Charles W. Ward. of Enslewood, \. J.. is to be prosecuted for the attempted killing of his wife and child.
 A severe earthquake shock was felt early Friday morning at Columbia and other points in South Carolins, but no damage was done.
 A large gang of men. together with two engines and snow blow. were caught in 8 snow slide st Selkirk. Ontario. Six of the men were smothered.
 Agency, in the Stewart Building. corner of Broadway and Resale street. \. l., which is dolug business of S5Qu day, WAS raidel by the police and declared to be fraud. Upon receiving information of the dismi = ssl of the impending indictment against Gen. Shaler in New York Governor Hill immedi- ately made an order approving the order of removal of General Shaler from the office of president of the Health Department of New York City.
 WASHINGTON. The President signed the bill repeating the Tenure of Office act.
 The President will allow the Anti-Polyg- amy bill and the Trade Dollar bill to become | laws without his signature. The Senate confirmed the nominations of Captain A. w. Greeley to be brigadier general and James NJ. Trotter to be Recorder of Deeds | for the District of Columbis. In the House the Pacific Railroad resolu- | iion WAS agreed to, and also in the Senate. n bp Fishery Rpfa la- | ton bill was agreed to, also in the Senate, In the House Mir. Henderson, of Iowa, movei to suspend the rules and pass the Sen- ate bill granting pension of Sa,0oo year to Mary s. Logan, widow of the late John A. Logan. Motion was lost, yeas, 145, nays. 1lS The conference report on the bill provid- ing for bringing suits against tine government was agreed to in both houses. The Senate bill repeahng ihe Tenure of Office act was passed without amendment, also bill accept Ing a donation of lsnd from the Comercial Club of Chicago for mi itary purposes. In the Senate MT. Whitthornes Naval Auxiliary bill was put on the calendar. The under-valuation investigation Is to continue during the recess of the Senate: also the Texas | investigation. The Naval Appropriation bill was passed. The conference repolt on the Agricultural Appropriation bill was agreed to ln the Senate and also in the house. In the House provision was made for the payment of Mexican pensions, which was also agreed to in the Senate. The report of the conference on restricting the ownership of land | to Americans was agreed to. The Deficiency 1 and Legislative Appropriation bills Were passed. The conference report on the Frac- | tional Gallon Tax bill was defeated. The con. | fer nee report on the Retallstory bill was con | sidered. A bill autorizing the construction oi | bridge across the East River was passed.
 In the Senate the Naval Appropriation l bill was ordered into conference. The Cablt bill was defeated. The Legislative bill was 1 passed and ordered in o conference. The con. l ference report on the Sunday Civil bill va: | agreed to in both houses. A spirited debate | took place in regard to the assumption ot | authority by the Speaker and members of tht House. The Generel Deficiency bill was favor l ably reported. In the House Senate amend | ments to the bill creating another Judge in th' | New York Judicial district were concurred ln
 In the Senate MT. Edmunds continued t,
 interpose motions to delay the consideration O
 appropriation bills. All the private pension
 bills on the calendar were passed. The Hous,
 bill creating new circuit judge for New Yorl l was amended and passed, and 8 conferenc,
 asked. The Naval Appropriation bill &
 amended was reported. The Consular ait | Diplomatic bill, from conference committee
 was agreed to. The report of the conferees ol
 the River and Harbor bill was agreed to il
 both houses.
 FOREIGN ITEMS. | -AuylceS rom St. Etlenne, france, say Una l seventy-one men are still entombed in tn
 Beaubrun collieries, and that there is no hop | of resculng them.
 The gr at earthquake was felt in severa | places in Austria and Bulgaria. Six sever
 shocks were experienced at Shumls on tn
 morning of the 26th.
 The steamer Gaelic from China and Japai
 via Honolulu. reporfs another outbreak of lav:
 from Mauna Loa. All the eraters were in
 state of great activity when the steamer lief
 Honolulu.
 An explosion occurred in the Beaubrul
 colleries at St. Etinne, France. while eight.
 men were in the galleries. Six of these hav
 been rescued unhurt, four have been taken ou
 more or less injured, and the seventy other are supposed to be sll dead. At Lurgan. Ireland. the police were stone
 by riotouS mohs and several were injured The police fired, but did no haru, At Bally hannis mob attacked force of police Ia:
 evening and rescued some prisoners whoI | they had in charge. The mob stoned the p> | lice and partially wrecked their barrack The police fired number of shots at the crow ! | but without hitting any one. Several polio, . men were injured by the stones.